HELEN HOBBS

A memorial service will be held Saturday morning at 10:30 at Salisbury A.M.E. Zion Church. The Rev. Linda Artis will officiate.

Mrs. Hobbs is survived by three daughters, Janice Hobbs of the home, Joanne Wigfall of Jacksonville, and Barbara "Bobbie" Rhodes of Greenville, S.C.; two sons, Thurman Hobbs of Raleigh and Clifton Douglas Dickerson of Bailey; two brothers, Lonnie "Earl" Dickerson of Haverstaw, N.Y., and Alphonso "Tom" Dickerson Jr. of Wilson; and seven grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.

The family will receive friends Friday from 7 until 8 p.m. at Hamilton Funeral Chapel of Goldsboro.

Condolences may be sent to the Hobbs family via e-mail at hamiltonfc@aol.com or faxed to 919-735-4725.